Gillard v. Reid

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Betty Owen Stinson, J.), entered November 20, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion to join this negligence action with two other actions with the same plaintiff pending in Bronx County, Supreme Court, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court providently exercised its discretion by refusing to join three unrelated actions for trial: a motor vehicle negligence action, a premise liability action, and a medical malpractice action. When Supreme Court decided the motion, this motor vehicle negligence action was ready for trial, while the other two actions…